I think you can type in the the townlands on this site which I got from Galway. I have a friend that is this line and his wife did a lot and when I was in Galway I saw a lot of stores with the name. I will be there in June On May 20, 2010, at 7:53 AM, L Fluhrer IIIrd wrote: > Hi Phyllis: > > It's a bit confusing but County Tyrone People sent me here because what > I want is actually a Townland called Tyrone in County Galway. Townlands > were exact plots apparently where I believe Fanny Donelly later Lunney > was born. There is a database someone sent me of Townlands and it > returned the following information: > > Townland: Tyrone > Area: 267 acres > County: Galway > Barony: Dunkellin > Parish:Drumacoo > ?: Gort > Province: Connaught > > Which comes from the source that you quoted. > > http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xm > > > > Trouble is the index is done after my families left Ireland so they > don't show up here and John that remains doesn't show up in that > location as well. :-( > > http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=37&Submit.y=13&Submit=Submit&familyname=Lunney&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=&unionname=&parishname= > <http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=37&Submit.y=13&Submit=Submit&familyname=Lunney&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=&unionname=&parishname=> > > There are other Lunney's with same names however, in other areas that > are said to be cousins of some sort the latest one to come from Ireland > and at our first ever family reunion last year about I think she said 1967. > > The area was run by a John Donelly or Donnelly for the Parish of > Drumacoo and he lived in a Gate at the old Motte. Apparently a Castle or > Keep there at one point now only empty farmland remains with ruins of a > wall. Believed both the Lunney and Donelly name in the same Parish area. > John was the Gate Keeper. > > Then over in Canada at what would later become the town of Durham, Grey > County, Ontario I know that a James Donnelly, Military Surveyor came > into the area with the first or second survey team from Port Hope area > where I can also find the Lunney family on the 1861 Census. James > Donnelly had several sons and daughters one of which was John James > Donnelly but Fanny isn't listed as one of them although she fits > perfectly between two siblings and her own daughter Margaret Lunney > appears to be named after one of the known sisters of the James Donnelly > family. John Donnely owned most of the land around Durham, Grey County > on the 1878 Ontario Atlas maps at > > http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/ > > According to the Atlas he settled the farm II SDR, 45, 150 acres in the > year 1855 and was born in Ireland 1814 other records say 1821 and claim > County Cavan, Ireland (but I'm unsure accuracy of the source.) > > Fanny is buried in a family plot that has family members of John > Donnelly in it one of the oldest graves in Durham Cemetery along with > her husband in what looks to be a family plot that predates the rest of > the cemetery. Almost visible on Google maps. > > They have an unidentified symbol on their graves that is repeated on > family graves elsewhere in Ontario. Looks like a shamrock but isn't. > > I've got the census for Canada if you look on the 1901 census at > automatedgenealogy.com it states she came to Canada 1833. I've not been > able to find a ships list that matches her stated date of arrive. Other > family members say 1834 so sometime in that period. Also believe they > were military men of the 84th Regiment and were in Canada after the > American revolution, recalled to fight Napolean after the War of > 1812-1814 and then returned back to their land in the recall issued by > Col. Thomas Talbot late Nov 1831/32 in the build up to the 1837 > Rebellion that arrived from Ireland 1832 - 1836 period. Have land > records in Hope dating to 1798 and a Lt. James and Lt. William Lunney > with lands in Sutton, Quebec 1802. > > Just need something to link them all together that is solid proof. The > lists of Col. Talbot and Col. Simcoe are supposed to be in England or > Ireland someplace. Does anyone have access to these rolls? > > The History of the County of Bruce County lists James Donnelly as > Military Surveyor apparently with the Survey team of A.P. Borough P.L.S. > August 26th 1848 that surveyed the future town of Durham, Bruce County > (later part of Grey County). > > Len > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >